Pulse width modulation device with a power saving mode controlled by an output voltage feedback hysteresis circuit

Abstract

A pulse width modulation device with a power saving mode controlled by an output voltage feedback hysteresis circuit is used in a power supply. The present invention comprises a hysteresis comparison circuit extracting a feedback voltage, a high threshold voltage and a low threshold voltage, and the voltages are executed by a comparison and hysteresis operation to a output blanking signal, a PWM control unit extracting a detecting current signal and the feedback voltage to output a modulation signal after a comparison operation is executed; an OR gate circuit connected to the hysteresis comparison circuit and the PWM control unit for receiving the blanking signal and the modulation signal to output a reset signal; and a synchronization signal output unit connected to the OR gate circuit for receiving the reset signal and an oscillation signal to output the drive signal.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] This invention relates to a pulse width modulation device with a power saving mode controlled by an output voltage feedback hysteresis circuit. In particular, this invention relates to a pulse width modulation device used in a power supply that controls the output driving signal according to the output load variation. [0003] 2. Description of Related Art [0004] In the applications of low power output, such as a charger for a mobile phone, a wireless telephone, a digital still camera and a PDA, and an AC voltage regulator for a printer, a TV game player, and a hand-held Walkman, has great request for power saving in a standby mode. [0005] In currently known DC power supply devices, such as an AC-to-DC switching power supply, in order to reduce the volume of a transformer, a high-frequency pulse width modulation PWM is widely used to control a DC output voltage, as shown in FIG. 1, which is a structure diagram of the ...

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Benefits of technology

[0015] From the description above, it is apparent that this invention varies with the light or heavy load to enable or disable the control for the output of drive signal to enable or disable of the switching operation of power switch. Therefore, the power supply can respond well to the operation environment variation to achieve the effects, such as a better efficiency or a stable output for saving the power.

Problems solved by technology

Thereby, the power consumption is wasted in the condition of light load.

Its working loss includes a conduction loss and a switching loss.

However, when the electronic product is in the condition of light load or no load, if the PWM is still used for controlling the switching operation of the switch, the conduction loss decreases due to the electronic product is in the condition of light load.

However, because the operating frequency of the switch is constantly fixed, the switching loss does not decrease with the load decreasing.

Therefore, in the condition of light load, the operation mode by using the PWM will decease the efficiency of the whole system.

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